course; route; path; process; means
person with a lot of experience; old hand; veteran (in a particular field)
pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
worry; fear; anxiety; concern
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
extempore; impromptu; improvised; ad-lib; off-the-cuff; instant
to turn; to revolve; to visit several places; to function well; to pass a certain time
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
rest; break; recess; intermission
to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)
to stop walking; to pause
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to spread; to extend; to unfold; to open; to scatter about; to spread around
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
to relax; to feel at home
to breathe heavily (e.g. with much movement of the shoulders)
to sit down (and refuse to move); to sit-in (in protest)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
unfavourable comparison; unfavorable comparison
besides; in addition; also; moreover
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
diligent; earnest; attentive to detail; brisk (working, moving); frequent (e.g. checking)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series
to be superfluous; to be in excess; to be more than enough
close combat; close(-quarter) fighting; in-fighting
innocent; chaste; naive; pure; unmixed; genuine